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FINANCE AND PAYROLL OFFICER
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Ebrill 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £26,835 i £32,654 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 28 Ebrill 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | BB7 2DJ and BB7 2BA |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Clitheroe Royal Grammar School |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | FINPAY05 |
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The Finance Department is the engine room of our school, working collaboratively to support staff and students alike. As a Finance & Payroll Officer, you will play a key role in managing payroll processing, budgeting, and financial reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements. Your responsibilities will include maintaining financial records, processing staff salaries, handling invoices, compiling bacs payment runs and supporting overall financial planning.
The Finance & Payroll Officer role is full-time position, you will be experienced with operating Sage 50 Payroll or similar payroll software, be proficient with processing PAYE and RTI, pension contributions and monthly payroll reporting. You will have at least 5-years’ experience working within a finance team and be confident in your financial abilities. This role requires strong attention to detail, excellent numerical skills, and the ability to work effectively within a team to support the school's financial health and operational efficiency.
In return, we offer a competitive salary of up to £32,654 (depending on experience), with 26 days holiday entitlement (29 days after 5 years’ service) plus 8 bank holidays and 4 complimentary set holidays to be taken during the Christmas Break. As a local government employee, you will be eligible to join the Lancashire Local Government Pension Scheme contributing 6.5% with an employer contribution of 20.5%.
Job Description – Finance and Payroll Officer
Salary- Grade 6 Point 10 (£26,835) to Grade 7 Point 22 (£32,654) depending on experience
Responsible to-Finance Manager and Academy Business Manager
Location- Chatburn Road and York Street
Core Purpose of the role:
• To be responsible for the management and processing of the school’s monthly payroll. Reconciling payroll to budget and the production of all statutory reporting, PAYE, HMRC, Teachers and Local Government Pensions and other relevant payroll information.
• To support the financial functions including processing of orders and invoices, facilitating petty cash, processing funds from the school trips and activities, reconciling catering income, nominal ledger reconciliations and providing financial support to the Finance Manager.
Main Responsibilities:
Payroll:
• To take the lead in managing, preparing and processing of the whole school monthly payroll, including all relevant payroll calculations.
• To ensure staff payroll records are kept and maintained on SAGE 50 Payroll
• Prepare BACS report and upload to the school bank for monthly employee salary payments.
• To be responsible for sending out payslips to all staff and P45’s/P60’s as necessary.
• Ensure the payroll software is kept up to date with regular backups.
• Liaise with all members of staff with regards to pay queries, providing advice, assistance and information adhering to HMRC and PAYE regulations.
• Calculating and processing information for HMRC and Teachers’ Pensions and Local Government Pension Schemes.
• To collate and produce accurate monthly finance and payroll reports for the Finance Manager
• Ensure all financial transactions are processed in accordance with the Academy Trust Handbook and the schools Internal Financial Regulations Manual.
• Maintain strict confidentiality ensuring no unauthorised information is passed from the finance office.
• Contribute to the planning, development and delivery of the financial and human resources support services.
• To provide direct support to the Finance Manager as required.
Financial:
• Provide support to the Finance Manager and Finance Assistant with the monthly financial processing, including petty cash, order processing and invoice entry etc.
• Maintaining and updating manual and computerised records including, records of peripatetic music, school trips, SIMS, SAGE 200, Schools Cash Office.
• Undertake balance sheet reconciliations including; bank accounts, petty cash and creditors control account.
• Administering the banking of monies into the official and unofficial school fund accounts, including the banking of dinner money when required.
• Production of regular management information, including financial data and assist in the production of the Management Accounts and year-end accounts to support the Finance Manager.
• Monitoring of monthly budgets and advising budget holders and senior staff on variances.
• Dealing with a variety of internal and external queries via telephone or email including local and national suppliers, parents and students.
• First point of contact regarding all trip administration including Schools Cash Office online payments and cashless catering.
• Support the Finance Assistant with the processing of orders, check deliveries, obtaining prices from approved suppliers and the distribution and storage of stock.
• Processing weekly and monthly BACS payments through online banking including salaries, payroll liabilities and payments to suppliers.
• To provide direct support to the Human Resources Team in respect of payroll calculations.
The working hours for the post will be for the benefit of the school but are expected to be Monday to Friday 8:15am to 4:15pm (Wednesday 3:45pm) with a 30-minute break for lunch.
The post holder is an employee of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and will be expected to work at either site.
The Finance & Payroll Officer role is full-time position, you will be experienced with operating Sage 50 Payroll or similar payroll software, be proficient with processing PAYE and RTI, pension contributions and monthly payroll reporting. You will have at least 5-years’ experience working within a finance team and be confident in your financial abilities. This role requires strong attention to detail, excellent numerical skills, and the ability to work effectively within a team to support the school's financial health and operational efficiency.
In return, we offer a competitive salary of up to £32,654 (depending on experience), with 26 days holiday entitlement (29 days after 5 years’ service) plus 8 bank holidays and 4 complimentary set holidays to be taken during the Christmas Break. As a local government employee, you will be eligible to join the Lancashire Local Government Pension Scheme contributing 6.5% with an employer contribution of 20.5%.
Job Description – Finance and Payroll Officer
Salary- Grade 6 Point 10 (£26,835) to Grade 7 Point 22 (£32,654) depending on experience
Responsible to-Finance Manager and Academy Business Manager
Location- Chatburn Road and York Street
Core Purpose of the role:
• To be responsible for the management and processing of the school’s monthly payroll. Reconciling payroll to budget and the production of all statutory reporting, PAYE, HMRC, Teachers and Local Government Pensions and other relevant payroll information.
• To support the financial functions including processing of orders and invoices, facilitating petty cash, processing funds from the school trips and activities, reconciling catering income, nominal ledger reconciliations and providing financial support to the Finance Manager.
Main Responsibilities:
Payroll:
• To take the lead in managing, preparing and processing of the whole school monthly payroll, including all relevant payroll calculations.
• To ensure staff payroll records are kept and maintained on SAGE 50 Payroll
• Prepare BACS report and upload to the school bank for monthly employee salary payments.
• To be responsible for sending out payslips to all staff and P45’s/P60’s as necessary.
• Ensure the payroll software is kept up to date with regular backups.
• Liaise with all members of staff with regards to pay queries, providing advice, assistance and information adhering to HMRC and PAYE regulations.
• Calculating and processing information for HMRC and Teachers’ Pensions and Local Government Pension Schemes.
• To collate and produce accurate monthly finance and payroll reports for the Finance Manager
• Ensure all financial transactions are processed in accordance with the Academy Trust Handbook and the schools Internal Financial Regulations Manual.
• Maintain strict confidentiality ensuring no unauthorised information is passed from the finance office.
• Contribute to the planning, development and delivery of the financial and human resources support services.
• To provide direct support to the Finance Manager as required.
Financial:
• Provide support to the Finance Manager and Finance Assistant with the monthly financial processing, including petty cash, order processing and invoice entry etc.
• Maintaining and updating manual and computerised records including, records of peripatetic music, school trips, SIMS, SAGE 200, Schools Cash Office.
• Undertake balance sheet reconciliations including; bank accounts, petty cash and creditors control account.
• Administering the banking of monies into the official and unofficial school fund accounts, including the banking of dinner money when required.
• Production of regular management information, including financial data and assist in the production of the Management Accounts and year-end accounts to support the Finance Manager.
• Monitoring of monthly budgets and advising budget holders and senior staff on variances.
• Dealing with a variety of internal and external queries via telephone or email including local and national suppliers, parents and students.
• First point of contact regarding all trip administration including Schools Cash Office online payments and cashless catering.
• Support the Finance Assistant with the processing of orders, check deliveries, obtaining prices from approved suppliers and the distribution and storage of stock.
• Processing weekly and monthly BACS payments through online banking including salaries, payroll liabilities and payments to suppliers.
• To provide direct support to the Human Resources Team in respect of payroll calculations.
The working hours for the post will be for the benefit of the school but are expected to be Monday to Friday 8:15am to 4:15pm (Wednesday 3:45pm) with a 30-minute break for lunch.
The post holder is an employee of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and will be expected to work at either site.